Smoker&#39;s receptacle



July 9, 1929. c u ss 1.719.925

SMOKER S REGEPTACLE Filed Oct. 5. 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l ATT RNEYJ y 9,1929- G. H. cRuEss' 1.719.925

SMOKER'S RECEPTACLE Filed Oct. 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 WWW Himmm...

ATTORNEY Patented July 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. CBUESS, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, AS BIGNOR TO AMERIGAN AUTO I'm00., INCL, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SMOKERS RECEPTAGLE.

Application filed October 5, 1928. Serial No. 310,518.

This invention relates to smokers receptacles and more particularly tothat type of receptacle which will retain smokers waste, such as ash,burnt matches and stubs of cigars and cigarettes, within a compartmentin such a manner as to prevent the odor of said waste from contaminatingthe atmosphere, and to provide means to prevent the cigars, cigarettesor matches from accumulating in l the path of the opening of thereceptacle.

One ofthe objects of this invention is to provide a smokers wastereceptacle which will retain lighted matches, cigars or cigarette stubsand extinguish them without allowingthe odor, fumes or smoke from saidlighted matches, cigar or cigarette stubs from contaminating thesurrounding atmosphere.

Another object of this invention is to provide a smokers wastereceptacle which is'divided into two compartments one of which receivesthe smokers waste, upon the walls of which the fumes and smokedisintegrate, the other compartment actin as an auxiliary to capture anyfumes or smfie in excess of that which cannot be disintegrated in thereceiving compartment, and the lower compartment being provided withmeans to prevent the cigars, cigarettes or matches from accumulating inthe path of the opening of the receptacle.

Another object of my invention is to provide a smokers waste receptaclewith a funnel shaped cap having a cone shaped deflector suspended fromthe bottom of the pipe of said cap to cause the lighted stubs ofcigarettes, cigars or matches to be deposited around the wall of thebody member of the receiver.

Another object of my invention is to provide a smokers receptacle withmeans which will prevent the smoke from being emitted into the room oroutside atmosphere.

Another object of my invention is to provide a smokers receptacle of thecharacter herein described which will utilize the deflector incombination with the opening in the receptacle to prevent smoke frombeing emitted into the room or outside atmosphere- A further object ofmy invention is to provide means which will have the double-function ofa deflector to prevent the accumulation of cigars, cigarettes or matchesin the path of the opening of the receptacle and which will also beadapted to prevent the smoke from passing upward through the opemng andescaping into the atmosphere.

A further object of this invention is to rovlde a smokers wastereceptacle of the 0 aracter described which will be ornamental as wellas practical, compact and inexpensive to manufacture, and which can beconveniently used upon a table or desk, or which can, be readily adaptedto. be used in combination with a smokers stand. j

With these and other objects in view, to be more fully set forthhereinafter, the invention consists in the novel construction,combination of elements and arrangement of parts whichwill beexemplified in the operation and construction herein described in thefollowing specification' and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventiveconcept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention isnot to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and thelatter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather thana restrictive standpoint.

The invention will first be described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used todesignatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, and morespecifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a ,variety ofmechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustration,is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a smokers waste receptacle, embodying myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation looking'in the direction of the arrows 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the cap;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the top portion of the receptacle,showing the upper compartment as having a sliding fit with the innerwall of the neck of the receptacle;

Fig. 5 is an elevation of a smokers waste receptacle embodying amodified form of my invention;

Fig. 6 is a central vertical section of the device illustrated in Fig.5;

Fig. 7 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 8 is an elevation of a smokers waste receptacle partly in sectionshowing another modified form of my invention;

Fig. 9 is an elevation of a smokers wastereceptacle partly in sectionshowing a further modified form of my invention.'

Referrin to the drawings, numeral 1 rep resents thedlody member of myreceiver and numeral 2 the cap which is composed of the outer annularrim 3 integral with the funnel shaped portion 4. The rim 3 fits snuglyover the neck of the body member 1 as illustrated in Fig. 2. With thedevice in position as illustrated in Fig. 2 the receptacle is dividedinto two compartments, one large lower compartment A and a small uppercompartment B. Securely fastened to the funnel shaped portion is thepipe 5 having a series of evenly spaced holes 6 located close to itsupper end and leading into the upper compartment B. The cup shapedportion 7 is fastened to the pipe 5 just below the holes 6 the purposeof which will be more fully de- "scribed hereinafter. Suspended from thelower end of the 'pipe 5 is the cone shaped deflector 8 which isfastened to the formed wire suspension member 9 by means of the clam s10. The ends of the wire suspension mem er 9 are secured to the lowerend of the pipe 5.

When a lighted cigarette is deposited into 7 the funnel shaped cap 4 itslides downward through the'pipe 5 and strikes the deflector 8 whichdiverts it from its straight downward .path causing it to be depositedat the bottom of the walls of the body member 1 as illustrated inFigures 1 and 2. This' deflector prevents the cigars, cigarettes andmatches from accumulating directly below passes into the compartment Band is prevented from passing out through the holes 6 due to atmosphericpressure. The smoke then disintegrates and is deposited upon the innersurfaces of the compartment B 'in the form of a powder.

If any smoke should rise to the center of the lower compartment it willbe caught in the deflector and will pass out over its edgeas-illustrated in Fig. 2 and upward to the upper compartment withoutpassing upward through the pipe 5, as the diameter of the bottom of thedeflector is larger than the diameter of the pipe. Should the amount ofsmoke I in the receiving compartment become so intense that it cannotdisintegrate quickly enough it will gradually force the air in the pipe5 upward until the smoke reaches the holes 6 through which it enters theupper or auxiliary compartment B for this purpose.

Lighted cigars, cigarettes or matches soon become extinguished uponentering the receiving compartment due to the oxygen being used up andafresh supply being prevented from entering by the volume of smokecollecting around the end of the pipe.

To clean out the receiving compartment the cover 2 is pulled upwarduntil it is free of the body portion 1 and the waste removed by turningthe body portion upside down.

In Fig. 4 of the drawing I have illustrated the top portion of thereceptacle in which the sides of the compartment B are so arranged andconstructed as to have a sliding fit with the inner wall of the neckportion of the receptacle, thus dividing the receptacle into an upperand lower compartment. The device in all other respects is identicalwith that 1llustrated 1n Fig. 2 so that the pipe portion Wlll have theperforations 6 located so as to lead into the upper compartment. When alighted cigar, cigarette or match is dropped into the pipe it will bedeflected as hereinbefore described, so as to be deposited around thewalls of the receptacle. The smoke in the receiving compartment willsoon disintegrate and form a deposit upon the walls of the compartment.Should the amount of smoke in this compartment become so intense thatit.

cannot disintegrate quickly enough, it will gradually force the air inthe pipe 5 upwards until the smoke reaches the perforations 6 throughwhich it enters the upper compartment B.

In the form of the device illustrated in Fig. 2, the receptacle is alsomade of two compartments, but the upper compartment is not made with aslidable fit. In this way some of the smoke which did not disintegrateso as to be deposited on the walls of the lower compartment, finds itsway through this side passageway into the upper compartment.

I have found in practice that both forms of devices work equally well.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 I have illustrated a modified form of my inventionin which there is a body portion 11 having a cover 12, said cover 12being provided with inclined walls 1313 which form anopening 14 in thecover. Aflixed to the bottom of the receptacle 11 is a deflector 15.This deflector is so constructed as to come in close proximity with theinclined walls 1313. When this form of invention is used the cigaretteor cigar is deposited in the opening 14: and the cover is then raised.After the cigarette or cigar has been deflected into the receptacle thecover is then put into place and by reason of its contact or closeproximity with the walls of the deflector any smoke coming from thecigarette or cigar is kept within the receptacle and prevented fromescaping intothe room or outside atmosphere.

In Fig. 8 Ihave shown a receptacle 16 having a deflector 17 which ismade as an integral part of the receptacle 16 by being stamped orpunched from the bottom. This deflector 17 is also so constructed as tocome in contact or close proximity with the inclined walls 18 in thecover 19. This device is manipulated in the same manner as justdescribed in connection with Figs. 5, 6 and 7 and the smoke, as must beobvious, will likewise be kept within the receptacle.

In Fig. 9 is a further modification of my invention in which I haveillustrated a receptacle 20 to the bottom of which is aflixed adeflector 21. This deflector is placed on the bottom of the receptacleand can be so]- dered thereto. Such receptacle is likewise soconstructed as to come in contact with the inclined walls 24-24 of thecover 25. This device works in substantially the same manner as thatdescribed in connection with Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive.

In accordance with the provision of the patentstatutes, I have describedmy invention but I desire it understood that it is not confined to theparticular form shown and described, the same being merely illustrative,and that the invention can be carried out in other ways, withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention, and therefore I claim broadlythe right to employ all equivalent instrumentalities coming within thescope of the appended claims, and by means of which, objects of myinvention are attained and new results accomplished; as it is obviousthat the particular embodiments herein shown and described are only someof many that can be employed to attain these objects and accomplishthese results.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is as follows 1. In a device of the characterdescribed, an ash receptacle divided into a plurality of compartmentsand a passageway extending from the outside of the receptacle into therespective compartments, said passageway having a large opening into onecompartment for the passage of cigars or cigarettes into saidcompartment, and said passageway having a plurality of openings orperforations around its periphery which communicate with anothercompartment and through which openings the smoke from the cigars orcigarettes pass into said compartments and is prevented from beingemitted into the room or outside atmosphere, and a deflector suspendedin the receptacle and in alignment with the opening so as to deflect thecigars, cigarettes or matches dropped into the receptacle.

2. In a device of the character described, an ash receptacle dividedinto an upper compartment and lower compartment, the lower compartmentbeing adapted to house cigars or cigarettes and a passageway extendingfrom the outside of the receptacle into the respective compartments,said passageway having a large opening into one compartment for thepassage of cigars or cigarettes into said compartment, and saidpassageway having a plurality of openings or perforations around itsperiphery which communicate with the upper con'ipartment and throughwhich openings the smoke from the cigars or cigarettes pass into saidcompartments and is prevented from being emitted into the room oroutside atmosphere, and a defleet-or suspended, in the receptacle and inalignment with the opening so as to deflect the cigars, cigarettes ormatches dropped into the receptacle.

3. In a device of the character described, a receptacle having a wastereceiving compartment, an auxiliary compartment and a perforated tubeconnecting said compartments so as to have the gas or smoke which entersthe tube escape into the auxiliary compartment, and a deflectorsuspended in the receptacle and in alignment with the opening so as todeflect the cigars, cigarettes or matches dropped into the receptacle.

4. In a device of the character described, an ash receptacle dividedinto a plurality of compartments and a passageway extending from theoutside of the receptacle into the respective compartments, and adeflector suspended in one of the compartments in alignment with thepassageway.

This specification signed this 2nd day of October, 1928.

GEORGE H. GRUESS.

